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Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 61055

This procedure inserts a needle near the base of the skull or the top of the neck to reach the fluid-filled space surrounding the spinal cord, followed by an injection that may be a contrast dye to support imaging or a medication given for treatment. It provides an alternative access point when a standard lower-back spinal puncture is not suitable.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Neck Spinal Fluid Puncture with Injection cost?

$733

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$209 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$316 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,096Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $148 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $457professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 25.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Minnesota· 39th of 49

$733

$275 physician + $457 facility

NJ $5,633WV $225

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.